Christian Ruuttu

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Christian Ruuttu was born on 20 February 1964, in Lappeenranta, Finland and is a former professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League.

Position: Centre
Shoots: Left
Height: 5 ft 11 in
Weight: 194

1 Playing career
2 NHL Statistics
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Playing career

Christian Ruuttu was originally drafted by the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, 7th round, 134th overall. He played six productive seasons in Buffalo from 1986-87 to 1991-92. While there, he reached NHL career highs in goals (26 in 1987-88), assists (46 in 1988-89), and points (71 in 1987-88). In Ruuttu's last season in Buffalo, he managed only 4 goals and 21 assists.

Ruuttu began the 1992-93 playing for the Chicago Blackhawks after being traded for goaltender Dominik Hasek in what is now considered to be one of the most lopsided trades in sport history. He played there for the next two and a half seasons before being traded to the Vancouver Canucks part way through the 1994-95 season. After playing 25 games as a Canuck, he hung up the skates for good as an NHL player, but didn't stop playing hockey. He rounded off his career playing hockey in Europe.

[edit] NHL Statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1986-87	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	76	22	43	65	62	-	-	-	-	-
1987-88	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	73	26	45	71	85	6	2	5	7	4
1988-89	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	67	14	46	60	98	2	0	0	0	2
1989-90	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	75	19	41	60	66	6	0	0	0	4
1990-91	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	77	16	34	50	96	6	1	3	4	29
1991-92	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	70	4	21	25	76	3	0	0	0	6
1992-93	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	84	17	37	54	134	4	0	0	0	2
1993-94	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	54	9	20	29	68	6	0	0	0	2
1994-95	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	20	2	5	7	6	-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	25	5	6	11	23	9	1	1	2	0
NHL totals			621	134	298	432	714	42	4	9	13	49